what would be a good forward mounted scope to 600+ yards for my scout?

Boy I'll tell ya, I'm using the Leupold EER 2x28 and I can't begin to shoot at 600+ yds with it. At least for my eyes 2X just isn't enough magnification to shoot/ see that far. The best I can reliably do [ at Angeles Range] is 400 yds and even at that the cross hairs just about cover the 400 yd steel target.
I know there are guys who can shoot iron sights past 600yds but I'm not one of 'em.
For myself I'd like to find a 4x scout scope to mount on my M1A Scout but I'm not sure anyone makes one...

From what I can tell there's about 8 allen screws that should easily come off - though I'm certain they're torqued pretty good - they should still come loose. You'll need to disassemble it to get the lower half off.

I bought a complete topcover when I bought the JAE stock but I kinda like the mount - it looks more agressive - though I'm sure it would drop a few ounces off the weight of the rifle.

But without a complete topcover you'll have a big rectangular hole there if you remove it.

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